Fact Checks
Rumors and questionable claims we have researched recently.
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 2, 2016
A story that drummer Ginger Baker sodomized a hapless burglar with his cane came from a satirica ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Nov. 2, 2016
Clickbait web sites posted misleading headlines claiming Hillary Clinton's property had been rai ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 2, 2016
A fake news site seized upon news of an FBI investigation to falsely claim Bill Clinton was impl ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 2, 2016
Several web sites falsely claimed President Obama, Elizabeth Warren, and other Democratic politi ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 2, 2016
Unfortunately, myriad claims about tequila's putative health benefits are not rooted in science ...
Written by: David Emery
Nov. 1, 2016
A viral YouTube video recycles discredited accusations linking longtime Hillary Clinton deputy H ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 1, 2016
A clip from the MSNBC show "Hardball" was deceptively edited to make it appear as if host Chris ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Nov. 1, 2016
Reports that a "secret operation" spread a birth defect-inducing vaccine in black communities be ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 1, 2016
A disreputable web site falsely accused First Lady Michelle Obama of "scrubbing" her Twitter acc ...
Written by: David Emery
Nov. 1, 2016
Conflicting reports circulated about purported millions anonymously donated to bail out arrested ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 1, 2016
Claims that Donald Trump's organization was deeply connected to a Russian bank via a computer se ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Nov. 1, 2016
A warning about a computer virus being spread via social media with pictures of Donald Trump bei ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 1, 2016
A fabricated document purportedly from WikiLeaks' 'The Podesta Emails' describes Hillary Clinton ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Nov. 1, 2016
CNN parted ways with political commentator Donna Brazile after leaked e-mails demonstrated what ...
Written by: Alex Kasprak
Oct. 31, 2016
A preliminary study of a hormonal form of birth control for men was halted due to side effects c ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 31, 2016
ABC reported in September 2016 that Trump has business interests in Russia, not that the Russian ...
Written by: Arturo Garcia
Oct. 31, 2016
Conservatives pointed to a brief online video as "proof" that Clinton was paying California resi ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Oct. 31, 2016
We found no evidence to support the claim that Paul Ryan's wife is a liberal or that she twice v ...
Written by: David Emery
Oct. 31, 2016
An Internet joke circulating since the early 2000s holds that U.S. Secret Service agents and mil ...
Written by: Kim LaCapria
Oct. 31, 2016
Rumors claimed that Huma Abedin retained deleted e-mails belonging to Hillary Clinton in a folde ...
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